POLAND

SCHOOL : SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA IM. KAROLA MIARKIPRINCIPAL : ANDRZEJ PILIS

CONTACT PERSON : IZABELA PILIS

Szkoła Podstawowa im.Karola Miarki w Pielgrzymowicach - Pielgrzymowice Primary School is situated In the South of Poland in the Silesia region, district Pszczyna. Pielgrzymowice is a village located about 10 kilometers from Jastrzębie-Zdrój, 50 kilometers from Katowice and 120 kilometers from Krakow. The school has 214 students. divided into 10 classes, Children who attend to school are 6 - 12 years old. The school pays attention to variety development. Our school is equipped with multimedia boards in every classroom and the connection with internet. There is a gym and computer room in school. Students who attend to our school are almost exclusively from Pielgrzymowice and surrounding area. Our school tries to make and develop international contacts that allow our students to check the knowledge of foreign languages as well as make new contacts. The school, with its resources, efforts, cultural and formative projects represent a concrete point for students. It answers to different cultural and educational demand through a lot of projects promoting integration, cross-culture and exploitation of differences in order to overcome socio-economic disadvantage.We wish to take part in European programs because we think it is the best way for us to know other countries and to teach our students how to be future active European citizens. The main points for us are: to develop links with European schools, motivate students to learn foreign languages, develop the habit of working as a team, integrate all students into the project, encourage civic competence.